Divergent Page #4

"Perhaps the answer lies in the

corrupted ideal of an entire faction.

"The theft of resources,

the general incompetence,

"the abuse of their children."

Did they beat you,

like Marcus Eaton's kid?

TRIS:
They didn't beat anyone.

They're good people.

PETER:
Right. And that's why you left?

Was it something I said?

CHRISTINA:
He's an idiot.

WILL:
Yeah.

TRIS:
Yeah. That's okay.

AL:
What's she doing at Dauntless?

(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

JEANINE:
Prior.

You're Andrew Prior's

daughter, aren't you?

Beatrice.

TRIS:
It's just Tris now.

JEANINE:
Tris, I like that.

Hmm.

You made an impressive choice,

Tris, despite your parents.

And your test result.

TRIS:
You've seen my test result?

JEANINE:
Of course.

I'm glad you were smart

enough to know your own mind.

Let me know if you

ever need anything.

AL:
Well, that was weird.

CHRISTINA:
Yeah.

AL:
What do you think is goin' on?

WILL:
I bet they're hunting Divergents.

That's all they talk about

at Erudite these days.

AL:
Wait. Divergents are real?

CHRISTINA:
Come on, Al.

ERIC:
First fight. Peter versus Tris.

GIRL:
What?

BOY:
Uh-oh.

Christina-It's Eric.

He's just trying to

get back at you.

- FOUR:
Hey.

- TRIS:
What?

-FOUR:
Remember what I said about attack?

First shot, right to the throat.

And you watch him.

He steps before he punches.

All right?

-TRIS:
Mmm.

PETER:
All right there, stiff?

Look like you're about to cry.

Might take it easy

on you if you cry.

- CHRISTINA:
Come on, Tris.

- (GRUNTS)

- (GRUNTS)

- (PETER GASPS)

(GRUNTS)

(GROANS)

PETER:
Get up. Get up.

-ERIC:
Come on. Stop playin'

with each other.

(PANTING)

(GRUNTS)

(GROANS)

(COUGHS)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

-CHRISTINA:
Wow. You look...

Look bad.

-TRIS:
How long have I been here?

-CHRISTINA:
About a day.

-TRIS:
A day?

Have you seen the

scoreboard? Where am I?

-CHRISTINA:
You got below the line.

-TRIS:
Why are you wearing those vests?

-WILL:
War games.

-CHRISTINA:
Whoa. What are you doing?

- TRIS:
I'm coming.

- WILL:
You can't.

WILL:
Eric says you're done.

-TRIS:
What?

-WILL:
He said you're out.

Your father's on the council, Tris.

Maybe they'll make an exception

and let you go home.

-CHRISTINA:
We're sorry, Tris.

WILL:
We gotta go.

We're gonna miss the train.

- TRIS:
Yeah, okay.

- CHRISTINA:
Bye.

- TRIS:
Bye.

- WILL:
Bye.

- TRIS:
Bye.

(GRUNTS)

Thanks.

(EXHALES)

CHRISTINA:
Hi.

-TRIS:
Hi.

-CHRISTINA:
What are you doing here?

TRIS:
I just figured

that I had to make it.

-ERIC:
Who let you out?

-TRIS:
I did.

-ERIC:
You did?

Okay.

CHRISTINA:
Let's sit you down.

-FOUR:
The game's simple.

It's like Capture the Flag.

-ERIC:
Weapon of choice.

-MOLLY:
You call that a gun?

(GROANING)

-ERIC:
Neuro-stim dart.

Simulates the pain of

a real gunshot wound.

Only lasts a couple minutes.

Two teams. Four and I are captains.

-FOUR:
You pick first.

-ERIC:
Okay. Edward.

-FOUR:
I'll take the stiff.

-ERIC:
Oh. Picking the weak ones

so you've got someone

to blame when you lose.

-FOUR:
Something like that.

CHRISTINA:
Where did Eric's team go?

WILL:
They must have gone to the end.

-FOUR:
All right. Lights off.

Gather around. Come on.

Okay. What's your strategy?

-BOY 1:
We can hide the flag well

enough so they can't find it.

-AL:
Let's send out a team to scout their

location. See if we can find their flag.

-BOY 2:
I say we blitz them. Just...

AL:
Yeah, that's the best

way to lose quickly.

BOY:
Let's make them come to us.

EZRA:
End this quickly,

they won't expect it.

WILL:
We don't know where they are.

-CHRISTINA:
Okay, we split into two

groups, defense and offense.

- EZRA:
Who put you in charge?

- CHRISTINA:
Someone has to make a decision.

- EZRA:
We need to be more aggressive.

- WILL:
We need to be smart about it.

(ARGUING CONTINUES)

-FOUR:
You're not gonna jump, are you?

-TRIS:
No, I'm just trying to get

a good vantage point.

-FOUR:
Good thinking.

-TRIS:
You don't have to come with me.

-FOUR:
You should go easy.

You took a beating.

-TRIS:
I'm surprised you noticed.

I saw you leave during the fight.

-FOUR:
Yeah, well, it's not

something I wanted to watch.

FOUR:
Hey!

You good?

You okay?

-TRIS:
Yeah. I'm fine.

(GRUNTING)

-FOUR:
This is high enough.

-TRIS:
No, we need to go higher.

You all right?

You're afraid of heights.

-FOUR:
Everyone's afraid of something.

-TRIS:
I didn't think you were

afraid of anything.

FOUR:
Come on, Tris.

(GRUNTING)

-FOUR:
Really?

Are you even human?

(PANTING)

-TRIS:
This isn't so bad.

-FOUR:
Good eye.

-TRIS:
Look!

(CHUCKLES)

There it is.

- FOUR:
All right. What's your plan?

- TRIS:
We split into two groups.

We'll go up this side and let

the rest of you engage Eric.

- BOY 1:
I can see 'em.

- BOY 2:
Go! Go!

Light 'em up!

(GROANING)

BOY:
There's two more!

I'm gonna move in closer!

-FOUR:
Follow me. Go!

(BOY AND GIRL GROANING)

- BOY:
Watch on your right!

- GIRL:
Go, go, go.

-FOUR:
Go.

Christina, let's go!

BOY:
Get 'em, get 'em!

- (BOY GROANS)

- GIRL:
This way!

- GIRL:
Cover me!

- BOY:
All right.

(BOY GROANS)

(GASPS)

-PETER:
Tell me if this hurts.

TRIS:
You tell me.

(GROANS)

-PERER:
You b*tch!

- CHRISTINA:
A**hole.

- (GROANS)

-CHRISTINA:
That was awesome!

- (TRIS CHUCKLES)

(BOY GROANS)

GIRL:
Get covered!

(BOY GROANING)

(GROANING)

(GRUNTS)

CHRISTINA:
Go, Tris!

I'll guard.

(GRUNTING)

(YELLS)

(GRUNTS)

(GROANS)

Whoo!

(ALL CHEERING)

WILL:
Game over!

AL:
Good job, Tris!

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

-URIAH Hey, Tris!

-TRIS:
Yeah?

-URIAH:
Come with us.

-TRIS:
Where you going?

-URIAH:
Shortcut back.

A little initiation ritual,

Dauntless style.

(EXCITED INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

(PANTING)

TRIS:
Wow.

BOY:
All right, let's do this!

- BOY 2:
Good.

- BOY 1:
All right, you good?

- BOY:
Hang tight.

- GIRL:
Yeah. Go, go!

-BOY:
Fly, baby.

-GIRL:
Whoo!

-BOY 1:
You're up.

BOY:
All right, do it!

- (SIGHS)

- Come on, girl.

-GIRL 2:
Go for it!

Do it, Tris!

GIRL:
Like flying!

-BOY 1:
Don't forget to pull the

brake at the bottom!

TRIS:
Okay.

BOY:
Go.

BOY 1:
You ready?

BOY 2:
Harness is good.

(SCREAMING)

(SCREAMING)

(GROANS)

-CROWD:
Pull the brake!

Pull the brake!

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(ALL CHEERING)

-TRIS:
Yeah!

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

FOUR:
Tris!

-TRIS:
Hey.

-FOUR:
Hey.

Congratulations.

-TRIS:
Thanks.

-FOUR:
You know, I wanted to say that

you were really good tonight.

You were brave.

-TRIS:
Yeah.

-FOUR:
Anyway, you should get

back to your friends.

-TRIS:
Okay.

-MAX:
If you're ranked

above the red line,

you'll move on to the

second stage of training.

If you're below it,

we'll waste no more time on you.

Here are your rankings.

(ALL CHEERING)

WILL:
Nice.

(CHUCKLING)

AL:
You made it.

CHRISTINA:
You made it, Tris.

- BOY 1:
Got it.

- BOY 2:
Thank you.

(INDISTINCT TALKING)

-GIRL 1:
Here you go.

-CHRISTINA:
So we pass the first stage of

training, and this is our reward.

MAN:
Toss it up!

-CHRISTINA:
Glamorous.

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